Administrative Assistant - Sheriff Office

City of Petersburg•Petersburg, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this class within the organization is to provide administrative and financial support to the division. The Administrative Assistant will streamline communication and scheduling, allowing staff to focus on core law enforcement duties by efficiently managing day-to-day operations. This person will assist in ensuring that projects and tasks are completed on time, which is vital to maintaining public safety and community trust. This class works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.

Requirements

Requires an Associate’s Degree or specialized courses/training equivalent to satisfactory completion of two years of college in Public or Business Administration.
Requires two years’ experience at a reasonable level in local government.

Nice To Haves

The City of Petersburg Values Veterans.
We are an official V3 Certified Company.
The City of Petersburg is a proud partner with the US Army Partnership for Your Success PaYS Program.
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance: The City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City of Petersburg to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Responsibilities

Coordinates or determines time, place or sequence of operations or activities based on analysis of data or information and may implement and report on operations and activities.
Speaks with or signals to people to convey or exchange information of a general nature.
Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.
Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percents.
Reads technical instructions, procedures manuals and charts to solve practical problems, such as assembly instruction for tools, routine office equipment operating instructions, and methods and procedures for investigations and in drawing and layout work; composes routine reports and specialized reports, forms, and business letters, with proper format; speaks compound sentences using normal grammar and word form.
Responsible for the actions of others, requiring almost constant decisions affecting co-workers, crime victims, patients, customers, clients or others in the general public; works in a moderately fluid environment with guidelines and rules, but frequent variations from the routine.
Performs skilled work involving rules/systems with almost constant problem solving; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results and occasional exposure to unusual pressure.
The impact of errors is moderately serious – affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.
Performs sedentary work that involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time; requires little or no dexterity.
Handles or uses computers, office equipment or work aids involving some latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
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